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[[File:MaryPickford13.jpg|thumb|Actress [[Mary Pickford]] played a number of ingénue roles.]]<br />
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The '''ingénue''' is a [[stock character]] in [[literature]], [[film]], and a [[role]] type in the [[theatre]]; generally a girl or a young woman who is endearingly innocent and wholesome. Ingénue may also refer to a new young actress or one [[typecasting (acting)|typecast]] in such roles. The term comes from the feminine form of the French adjective ''ingénu'' meaning "ingenuous" or innocent, virtuous, and candid. The term may also imply a lack of sophistication and cunning.<br />
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Typically, the ingénue is beautiful, kind, gentle, sweet, virginal, and often naïve, in mental or emotional danger, or even physical danger, usually a target of the [[Cad (character)|Cad]]; whom she may have mistaken for the [[Hero]]. Due to lack of independence, the ingénue usually lives with her father, husband, or a [[father figure]]. The [[femme fatale|vamp (femme fatale)]] is often a [[Foil (literature)|foil]] for the ingénue (or the [[damsel in distress]]).<br />
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The ingénue is often accompanied with a romantic side plot. This romance is usually considered pure and harmless to both participants. In many cases, but not all, the male participant is just as innocent as the ingénue is. The ingénue is also similar to the [[girl next door]] archetype.<br />
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In opera and musical theatre, the ingénue is usually sung by a [[lyric soprano]]. The ingénue stereotypically has the fawn-eyed innocence of a child, but subtle sexual appeal as well.<br />
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==Examples==<br />
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*[[Mary Ann Summers|Mary Ann]] in ''[[Gilligan's Island]]''<br />
*[[Ariel (The Little Mermaid)|Ariel]] in [[The Little Mermaid]]<br />
*[[Snow White]] in [[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]<br />
*[[Cinderella]] in [[Cinderella]]<br />
*[[List of The Hunger Games characters#Primrose Everdeen|Prim]] in [[The Hunger Games (novel)|The Hunger Games]]<br />
*Maria in '' [[West Side Story]]''<br />
*[[Ophelia]] in ''[[Hamlet]]''<br />
*[[Belle (Disney)|Belle]] in ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]''<br />
*[[Christine Daaé]] in ''[[The Phantom Of The Opera]]''<br />
*[[Cosette]] in ''[[Les Misérables (musical)|Les Misérables]]''<br />
*Tammy Tyree in the ''[[Tammy (film series)|Tammy]]'' film series<br />
*[[Donna Moss]] in ''[[The West Wing (TV series)|The West Wing]]''{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}<br />
*[[Bailey Quarters]] in ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]''<br />
*[[Pride and Prejudice#Main characters|Jane Bennet]] in ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]''<br />
*[[Jemima (cat)|Jemima]] or Sillabub in the musical ''[[Cats (musical)|Cats]]''<br />
*[[Johanna (character)|Johanna]] in ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]''<br />
*Luciana in ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]''<br />
*Sandy in ''[[Grease (musical)|Grease]]''<br />
*Amelia Sedley in ''[[Vanity Fair (novel)|Vanity Fair]]''<br />
*Alice Munro in ''[[The Last of the Mohicans]]''<br />
*[[Sidney Prescott]] in ''[[Scream (franchise)]]''<br />
*Hope Cladwell in ''[[Urinetown]]''<br />
*[[Marie Antoinette]] in ''[[The Rose of Versailles]]''<br />
*[[Annie Edison]] in ''[[Community (TV Series)|Community]]''<br />
*Cecile Caldwell in ''[[Cruel Intentions]]''<br />
*Magnolia in "[[Show Boat]]"<br />
*Laurey Williams in ''[[Oklahoma (musical)|Oklahoma]]''<br />
*Hope Harcourt in ''[[Anything Goes]]''<br />
*[[Beth Greene]] in ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]''<br />
*[[Sookie Stackhouse]] in ''[[True Blood]]''<br />
*Ali Marilyn Rose in [[Burlesque (2010 American film)|Burlesque]]<br />
*[[Zerlina]] in ''Don Giovanni''<br />
*Betty Elms in ''[[Mulholland Drive (film)]]<br />
*[[Grand Duchesses]] [[Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia|Olga]], [[Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia|Tatiana]], [[Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna|Maria]] and [[Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia|Anastasia]] in [[Nicholas and Alexandra]]<br />
*Valentine de Villefort in The Count of Monte Cristo<br />
*Elizabeth Hardy in [[Young Sherlock Holmes]]<br />
*Micaëla in [[Carmen]]<br />
*[[Bianca Minola]] in [[The Taming of the Shrew]]<ref>http://www.themillions.com/2013/08/the-death-of-the-ingenue.html</ref><br />
*[[Bella Swan]] in the ''[[Twilight]]'' saga --><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Damsel in distress]]<br />
* [[Femme fatale]]<br />
* [[Girl next door]]<br />
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==References==<br />
*{{cite web<br />
|ref = guardian<br />
|last = Child<br />
|first = Ben<br />
|date = January 5, 2015<br />
|title = Russell Crowe: Female Actors Should Act Their Age<br />
|url = https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jan/05/russell-crowe-female-actors-should-act-their-age<br />
|work = [[The Guardian]]<br />
|location = London<br />
|accessdate = 2015-01-05<br />
}}<br />
*{{cite web<br />
|ref = silver<br />
|last = Silver<br />
|first = Elizabeth L.<br />
|date = August 19, 2013<br />
|title = The Death of the Ingénue<br />
|url = http://www.themillions.com/2013/08/the-death-of-the-ingenue.html<br />
|work = [[The Millions]]<br />
|accessdate = 2015-01-05<br />
}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{Wiktionary-inline|ingenue}}<br />
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